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MarcDW

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  • In appreciation of Linux on Thinkpads

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  • Yes, ThinkPad is great for Linux. Only had/have a few but always a pleasure to use. So reliable. Plus I really don't like touchpads so ThinkPads for the win. Even have two ThinkPad standalone keyboards (one wireless, one wired) for when I hook up to a mobile device, media box, or mini PC.

    T21, Pentium III - Slackware 12 & Windows XP

    SL510 2847DKU - MX Linux 21.2.1_(respin) FVWM_Ext, OpenBSD, and Void Linux

    E15 Gen 3, AMD Ryzen 7 - Slackware 15

    X1 Carbon Gen 3, Intel Core i7 - Fedora KDE Plasma Mobile Spin

    Anyone know if it's possible to use the SIM slot in the X1 Carbon? Also, any recommendations for an alternate distro that is ideal for that laptop/tablet combo?

  • Yet another email advice thread

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  • Been using Thexyz for a long time but another I also use that has so far been reliable and inexpensive is Cheap email for everyone | Purelymail. Also use it with my own domain. See if they fit your criteria.

    EDIT: Oops. forgot about the EU requirement. Maybe nevermind.

  • SoTU: Linux phones available for the US

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  • Yes, I am in the U.S. Sailfish has been available for the Pines early on. Most of the time I was on T-Mobile and later Mint Mobile. Calls worked fine I remember. VoLTE wasn't being forced yet so maybe that's why.

    Regarding non-user-servicable battery, I have a ZTE Axon 7 that was in need of a new battery. I have the batteries and included tools but I lamented the task of prying open the case. Laziness and procrastination turned into weeks, then months, and sad to say, years. One of these days. :D

    I actually have a third Pinephone. The one that came with Ubuntu Touch way back when. It had that faulty USB thing. I got an updated mainboard (more RAM and EMMC) but never got around to swapping it in. Another one of these days.

    With everything that's been going on with Android I really do want a Linux that can be a daily driver. Just need to put in more effort. I keep throwing them aside for weeks at a time.

  • SoTU: Linux phones available for the US

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  • I have the Pinephone and Pinephone Pro (both with Sailfish OS which I really like), Pixel 3a XL (Droidian), and an old Nexus tablet with UBTouch. Had ordered the FuriLabs FLX1 just as it went unavailable. Haven't yet opted in to receive the new FLX1s due to its "downgraded" feature set. What I wanted from the old (headphone jack, removable battery) are not there on the new but we get kill switches. Ooh. Not like I ever used them on the Pinephones. So I'm on the fence but may go for it. I was using the Droidian phone as a daily driver test bed in anticipation of the FLX1.

    Pinephone Pro has been discontinued.

    All of my Android phones are VoIP (XMPP) so I don't have to worry about things like VoLTE. I use JMP.chat to be able to call/text anyone in my contacts. On the Linux side that's not really doable although with WayDroid it's workable. WayDroid works fine on Droidian but not so much on Sailfish. From what I read the FuriOS version of WayDroid is even better.

    The recommendation posted here about the OnePlus 6 (and 6T) is a good one. Seems it is an ideal phone for say postmarketOS. Most features are known to work save for camera which barely works on any Linux Mobile.

  • Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC

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  • Void is NOT based on Arch. It was an original distro created by an ex-NetBSD dev. But yeah, I'd recommend it too.

  • Recommendations for VoIP Provider?

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  • Recommendations for VoIP Provider?

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  • I ditched my carriers about a year or so ago. Ported two numbers over to JMP.chat and all has been good. Contacts integration and using the standard Phone to make calls works well. Agreed, too, the support is great. Nice bunch of folks.

    There's a few guides or articles that might be helpful.

    How to Replace Your Carrier on Android Using These Fully Open-Source Tools

    Set up your Internet Phone Number (JMP.chat) with Cheogram

    Dialer integration is possible using the Cheogram client but the monocles chat client is now based on Cheogram & Conversations so one could use that also. It might have a few extra options/features.

  • Linux on a Touchscreen PC: use KDE, not GNOME! (on the Tuxedo Infinity Flex 14)

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  • I have Fedora KDE Plasma Mobile Spin on a ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 3. I kinda like it. Initially rotation wasn't working but once fixed it was cool.

    Had also tried KDE Neon but don't recall why I went back to Fedora.

  • Any user of NativeAlpha round here? (android)

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  • Native Alpha also uses your webview for rendering. If your BlackBerry still gets updates then maybe you're fine. Otherwise a bit insecure but maybe that's not a problem(?).

    Oh, I found out that WebApps was moved to the F-Droid Archives repo. They've been cleaning up the main repo by moving out older and unmaintained apps.

  • Any user of NativeAlpha round here? (android)

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  • Any user of NativeAlpha round here? (android)

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  • So I just took the next step on the de-Googling pathway and installed Asteroid OS on my smartwatch.

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  • Their Matrix chat is very active regarding development and other things. Builds are available on a regular basis. Not sure why you insist on calling it dead if you don't know or care to know anything. So it doesn't support your watch, it's dead? Yet it supports mine, so it's alive and kicking. ¯(⊙ʖ⊙)/¯

  • Tell one thing that you miss after switching from another OS to Linux.

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  • SoftMaker Office is what I've used on Linux for lots of years. Has served me well.

  • Nothing like that "new distro" feel

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  • I used Garuda in the past and was impressed. What's cool is they have a bunch of ther own services in addition to Lemmy.

    Garuda Linux | Startpage - https://start.garudalinux.org/

  • [Kvaesitso] Modern, smooth and efficient Android workflow (Gallery and setup in description)

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  • Then resurrect it. Give it life by posting to it. 😏

  • The starting guide of de-googled user

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  • I'm gonna have to give this one a try. Syncthing is being a pain in my backside.

  • [Sway] Distrohopping go brrrr!

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  • Got Void running on an old laptop about a year ago. Very nice. The fact that it is not based on any of the others also made it appealing.

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  • True. Luckily I don't have anything large (4GB+). I do plan to change the filesystem. I forgot to mention that I used to have Windows 7 on that old laptop. The other reason why the shared partition was FAT32/vfat.

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  • Sorry for the really late response. Since one of the OSes is BSD I have one shared FAT32 partition mostly for basic getting-things-from-one-to-the-other stuff. Far as I know OpenBSD does not support ext4 (at least not r/w). It does support ext2.

    Since all three OSes have the Nextcloud client it would have been cool to have its directory on a shared partition to reduce redundancy.

    I may change things up, format it to ext2 and see if I can use it to share Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video across all three OSes. Maybe.

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  • I have a triple boot laptop with MX Linux, Void Linux, and OpenBSD on an old laptop where VMing wouldn't work so well.

    As others have pointed out a shared home directory is not a good idea. Shared data (documents, music, images, etc.) would be fine as mentioned previously.